Fritillaria pyrenaica (Pyrenean fritillary)
Other names: Fritillaria nigra
F. pyrenaica is a bulbous, herbaceous perennial with upright stems bearing whorled, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in late spring, nodding, broadly bell-shaped, purple-brown, checkered flowers with recurved petal tips, yellow-green within.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Black crowberry, Black-berried heath, Blackberry heath, Crakeberry, Crauberry, Crawberry, Crow pea, Curlew berry, Hog cranberry, Monox, Monox heather, Pigeon berry, Wire ling, Chamaetaxus nigra
E. nigrum is a mat-forming, evergreens shrub with trailing stems bearing needle-like, light green leaves and inconspicuous pale pink or pale purple flowers in late spring or early summer. Flowers are followed by edible, black fruit on female plants.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' (Bronze Fennel)
Other names: Foeniculum vulgare 'Bronze', Foeniculum vulgare 'Nigra', Foeniculum vulgare 'Rubrum', Foeniculum vulgare 'Nigrum'
'Purpureum' is a vigorous, upright, aromatic biennial or short-lived perennial with branching stems bearing finely-divided, pinnate, mid-green leaves, bronze-purple when young. Flat umbels of small, yellow flowers in summer are followed by anise-scented seeds.
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0.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Hordeum vulgare (Common barley)
Other names: Frumentum hordeum, Hordeum sativum, Hordeum nigrum, Hordeum durum, Secale orientale
H. vulgare is a narrow, tufted, annual grass grown for cereal production with erect stems bearing few, linear, mid-green leaves and dense, pale green flower spikes followed by green, edible seeds ready for harvest when golden-brown.
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0.2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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less than 1 year to maturity |
Allium 'Pink Jewel' (Allium 'Pink Jewel')
Other names: Ornamental onion 'Pink Jewel', Allium nigrum 'Pink Jewel'
'Pink Jewel' is a compact, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing rounded, open umbels of small, star-shaped, light pink flowers in early summer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium atropurpureum (Very dark purple allium)
Other names: Purple flowered onion, Dark purple allium, Allium nigrum var. purpureum
A. atropurpureum is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing dense umbels of deep reddish-purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Allium multibulbosum, Broad-leaved onion , Allium afrum, Allium bauerianum, Allium magicum, Allium paucibulbosum, Kalabotis nigrum
A. nigrum is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces globular heads of white, star-shaped flowers on upright stems. It gets its name from the dark centres to its flowers.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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